NLRB hits Postal Service over response to cyber breach
Source: W Post
By Josh Hicks
The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint calling on the U.S. Postal Service to negotiate with employee groups over how quickly to tell personnel about cyber attacks that affect their personal data.
The March 31 action came in response to allegations that the agency violated federal labor law by not bargaining with postal unions over an appropriate timeline for alerting workers about a network breach last year.
The Postal Service has until April 14 to answer the complaint, and a trial before an NLRB administrative-law judge is scheduled to take place May 11 in Washington, D.C.
The USPS said it is still reviewing the allegations, which came from the American Postal Workers Union, the National Letter Carriers Association and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association. The agency also noted that it took steps to protect employees affected by the intrusion.
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(David Goldman/AP)
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/04/09/nlrb-hits-postal-service-over-response-to-cyber-breach/
China suspected of breaching U.S. Postal Service computer networks: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/11/10/china-suspected-of-breaching-u-s-postal-service-computer-networks/
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